Re: Google Web Accelerator

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2005


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 61995
interpreted = N
texte = Terry Wilson wrote: > Google is up to something we should all know about: > > http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/google_web_accelerator_hey_not_so_fast_an_alert_for_web_app_designers.php > > > and > > http://webaccelerator.google.com/webmasterhelp.html > > It's an accelerator that pre-fetches pages to give the illusion of > faster web surfing. In admin pages, it can click links that will in turn > delete or otherwise change database content. > > Anyone deal with this yet? > > Terry As far as the google information (your second link), I don't seen anything too alarming... They can't get to password protected areas, they don't cache https links, they don't cache news or large files. If you have the ability to "delete" or "cancel" something sensitive without all of those protections you are just asking for it to be deleted or canceled. I'm still confused as to how it works exactly though.. The google information makes it sounds like it is only for those sites that impliment it. Is that not the case? Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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Terry Wilson wrote: > Google is up to something we should all know about: > > http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/google_web_accelerator_hey_not_so_fast_an_alert_for_web_app_designers.php > > > and > > http://webaccelerator.google.com/webmasterhelp.html > > It's an accelerator that pre-fetches pages to give the illusion of > faster web surfing. In admin pages, it can click links that will in turn > delete or otherwise change database content. > > Anyone deal with this yet? > > Terry As far as the google information (your second link), I don't seen anything too alarming... They can't get to password protected areas, they don't cache https links, they don't cache news or large files. If you have the ability to "delete" or "cancel" something sensitive without all of those protections you are just asking for it to be deleted or canceled. I'm still confused as to how it works exactly though.. The google information makes it sounds like it is only for those sites that impliment it. Is that not the case? Donovan -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <- Graphic Design, Custom Tags and Labels -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design N2862 Summerville Park Rd. Lodi, WI 53555 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Donovan Brooke

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